Section 25. In case of difference as to the amount or value of the compensation

25. In case of difference as to the amount or value of the compensation Provision for difference as to amount or value of compensation. tendered, either party may present an application to the Court, (on a paper bearing a stamp of eight annas) stating the matter in dispute and requesting a determination thereof. On receiving such application the Court shall cause notice thereof to be served on the other party, and, after taking such evidence as the parties or either of them may adduce, and after such further enquiry (if any) as it may ACT No. XIX of 1868. 123 may deem necessary, determine (as the case may be) the amount of the payment, or the terms of the lease, or both. In determining such amount, the Court shall take into account any assistance given by the landlord, either directly in money, material or labour at the time of making such improvements, or indirectly by subsequently allowing the tenant to hold at a rate of rent more favourable than the rate at which he otherwise would have held. The proceedings on any such application shall be deemed to be a suit for the purposes of chapter six (as to reference to arbitration) of the Code of Civil Procedure, and of section nine of Act No. XXIII of 1861 (to amend Act VIII of 1859).